I have a project/hobby digitizing old news, commercials, local ads, etc. I also collect tapes. It’s a really fun hobby and the tapes run fine. I have a few from the mid-1080’s that probably look and sound as good as the day they were recorded. On YouTube, if you look up a channel called Dave’s Archives, he digitizes tapes going back to the early 80s. Another channel, 80s commercial Vault has some digitized commercials going back to the late 70s. Tapes wear fast with heavy use though. I remember the countless times I watched E.T. as a kid and that tape didn’t look so good after a while.
“I have a few from the mid-1080’s...”
WOW!
I have a few from the mid-1080’s
How’s the resolution?
😉
Many people don’t realize that the stuff taped off television back in the day is worth more, in a sense, than any commercial tapes. TV stations didn’t maintain an archive of a lot of their programming...in many cases, somebody’s home recording is all that’s left!
Another great site for digitized tapes (based mainly on Chicago television) is fuzzymemories.tv.
Be Kind, Rewind
“I have a few from the mid-1080’s”.
Any filmed at Agincourt?